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A vibrant display of Cirrus unicnus, which in Latin means "curly hooks". This type of high-level cloud is also known as mares' tails, as spotted here over South Portland, Maine, US.
Cumulonimbus over Panton, Jamaica
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Mamma (Mammatus) spotted over Las Vegas, Nevada, US
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On an early frosty morning, there are signs of supercilium developing amongst the stratocumulus clouds over the Mission Mountain Range near Charlo, Montana, US
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Cumulus fractus that Robyn likens to a misty face hovering above, spotted over Goodyear, Arizona, US
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Signs of both mamma (mammatus) and asperitas in this view over Antelope Valley, California, US
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Stratocumulus over New Taipei CIty, Taiwan
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Altocumulus stratiformis over New Taipei City, Taiwan
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A colorful display over Perth, Scotland
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Stratus over Choghakhor Lagoon, near Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
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Virga over Bernal Heights, United States
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A majestic sight in what appears to be a mountain wave cloud, or lee wave cloud, developing to the west of Brighton, Colorado, US
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A choppy sea and a choppy sky, as Jonathan describes, near Oriental Bay, Wellington, New Zealand
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A panoramic view of a sunset and anticrepuscular rays, taken in the middle of the Mekong River, west of Luang Prabang, Laos
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A circular contrail amidst the cirrus clouds near Wallops Island, Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, US
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A distrail and a contrail both visible through cirrocumulus, spotted over Wells, Somerset, England
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